Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game The added bonus and my

The added bonus and my very favorite thing about them are the trace memories of the  what I assume were designs on adjacent pages in the album

and lots about different types of measures

There are tears to the paper at the bottom corners and one along the left edge

with hand-painted rather than lithographed color

including dimensions and strengths

Aviation History: Hoxsey, Johnstone, Latham, and Aeroplane Sheds, Four Wonderfully Annotated Pre-1910 Snapshots rare antique card game The added bonus and myI know little to nothing about aviation history, but was really struck by these, which, with their evocative handwritten annotations (hard to tell but it looks to me as if scratched onto the negative before printing) for me capture quite a feeling of adventure and excitement about the early days of flight. And the names here are notable ones: (Archibald) Hoxsey (American, worked for the Wright Brothers, first pilot to fly at night); (Ralph) Johnstone